Searching
for a new sock project I was thinking of designing a series of socks inspired
by the places we hope to visit in our next holiday in the UK.

This
pattern for my son with size 49,5 is based on a fisherman’s gansey from Robin
Hoods Bay on the coast of North East Yorkshire.

On
the coast of North East Yorkshire a lot of ganseys were knit and some of them
even can be seen on old pictures. I found some old pictures on the internet (www.ganseys.co.uk and www.lookingatfiley.worldpress.com)
that inspired me to knit these socks.

Because
fisherman moved a lot because of their fishing a lot of motives travelled with
them all over the place.So giving
the name of a fisherman’s village to a gansey would not be historical correct.
But because we hope to make a walk at Robin Hoods Bay, I did name these socks
Robin Hoods Bay. It’s a pattern of cables intertwined with moss stitches. As I
read the moss stitches were referred to as “ hail stones”